Context

In this episode, Bob presents a very simple but very powerful module to help you manage sections of your Drupal site.  The context module allows complex grouping and organizing of content in ways that were previously difficult to accomplish.  Dig in and enjoy!

Thanks for this clear explanation! It again helps me a lot.

posted by:
Flodo

Could you add a feed for iPhone video.  It's tough to watch, when I'm on the subway.

 ;)

Awesome podcast, very useful.

posted by:
Chris

Bob this module ROCKS!  So simple, yet so powerful!  The perfect companion to Views!

Thanks for demonstrating!

DC

posted by:
Doug

Really awesome. Never thought, that it can be so easy to have such a powerful crazy dynamic page. I'm sure I'll install this on some of my projects.

posted by:
Rabbit69

@Chris:  There is an iPod/iPhone feed listed above (see the rss icon on the rop right of the video?)  The direct subscription URL is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/mustardseed-ipod 

(also, even though it says it's an iPod feed, the videos are actually formatted for iPhone specs so they work on both equally well)  Hope that helps!

posted by:
Bob

Another Great Video!  You Rock Bob!

posted by:
Mpotter

Awesome!  Like you said, "Blocks on steroids."  And nice, simple explanation.

One question:  Can you explain the difference between context module and how panels uses context?  Is that just a namespace collision, or are they related?

posted by:
Arlin

Hi Bob! Thanks very much for going on with the videopodcasts for drupal. I missed them and your clearly instructions. Your podcasts help me a lot. I'll create a paypal-account, just to make a donation for the one who helped me a lot understanding drupal in an easy way. THANK YOU!

By the way - could you please tell me, which theme you use now in your screencast? I like this clear tidy look.

Have a nice day,

Marcus (from Germany)

posted by:
Marcus

Hi Bob, You are my hero! I just needed this module and didn't know about it. Great Job! 

posted by:
Faramarz

Bob,

Thanks man. Great video! 

posted by:
shrop

Ditto on Arlin's question about Panels and the Context module.  They seem to overlap.  I have really been getting into panels and its power, but now wondering if the context module is an easier to use tool...

 

Thanks for the videos, they are professional and informative.

posted by:
Tim

Panels uses context...but not the context module.  The concept of "a context" is the same in both modules, but panels implements contexts in its own code (it doesn't require context module), so while 'panels uses context' it's true that 'panels doesn't use context module'.

There really is space for both of these modules, since they have two diferent roles.  Panels does individual page layout (replacing css and node theming, for the most part).  Context is more like a more powerful blocks menu (with some extra features) which doesn't have anything to do with individual page layout.

In the end, context is about the content, panels is about the layout.  There's some small overlap, but mostly they both do something unique and can't replace each other.

posted by:
Bob

First of all: Thank you so much for these videos, they're great!

There's one question still open: you used the Context modul to create sections. Is it also possible to create url sections with it? I mean like folders. Example: I've got a main link "home". Home has the following sublinks: "About us", "Location", "Financial", "Contact". Is it now possible to put all the sublink into a section "home" with the url "mydomain.com/home/*"? And would it be possible to get a field in node's creation to select the section? Cause then the subeditor could chooose the section for each node and get's automatically the right url. 

Or is there another modul doing this?

posted by:
majorbenks